Politics, statistics and weather forecasting, 1840-1910: taming the weather

Weather forecasting is the most visible branch of meteorology and has its modern roots in the nineteenth century when scientists redefined meteorology in the way weather forecasts were made, developing maps of isobars, or lines of equal atmospheric pressure, as the main forecasting tool. This book i...

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Main Author: Anduaga Egaña, Aitor (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Series:Routledge Studies in the history of science, technology and medicine 40
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Summary:Weather forecasting is the most visible branch of meteorology and has its modern roots in the nineteenth century when scientists redefined meteorology in the way weather forecasts were made, developing maps of isobars, or lines of equal atmospheric pressure, as the main forecasting tool. This book is the history of how weather forecasting was moulded and modelled by the processes of nation-state building and statistics in the Western world
Item Description:Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Physical Description:xvi, 412 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:9780367244590

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